Holy "New York City?!? Get a rope"
Talk about Western distrust of all things Eastern. First Kari's two posts on drilling and culture. Now, Jon Tester, one of the guys that want Sen. Conrad "don't call me Monty" Burns' job, puts the hammer right on the nail head (thanks Matt Singer):
I'm not an accountant from Washington, D.C. I’m a farmer from Big Sandy. But some plans don't need fancy evaluations to understand they're not good. And as a state legislator, it's my obligation to make sure that Montanans know more about what's proposed for changes in Social Security....The bottom line is that privatizing Social Security is too risky and could hurt everyone. But as someone born and raised in rural Montana, with cuts to rural beneficiaries expected at more than 40 percent under privatization, it's my friends and neighbors I worry about.
At the end of the day, I don't trust the financial whims of the stock market to consider the needs of the people I care about most.
Just to give equal time to all good Dems, the other Jon running for Burns' job, John Morrison, also had an op-ed out, on healthcare.
Emmett O'Connell | June 23, 2005 | Comment on This Post (3 so far) |
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God, I hated that commercial. Do I need to remind you guys that it was for Pace Picante Sauce, which is made in San Antonio, Texas, which is in the South? That whole "get the rope" thing is Southern, not Western.
Posted by: Colorado Luis | Jun 24, 2005 7:41:18 AM
Being the guy who always points out that "oh, that's east of the 100th Meridian, that can't be Western" its strange that I have to disagree with you. From a cultural point of view, the Pace argument is well more connected to the world of Ivan Doig than that of William Faulkner. Its not a Yankee/Dixie thing, its a back East thing. While San Antonio is technically in the old confederacy, the culture behind the ad is the West.
Anyway, you did get me thinking. For this whole Pace Picante argument to work for Democrats, it needs to be "We can do a better job that those guys," rather than "I can do a better job that those guys." It can't fullfill the Western Myth of rugged self reliance, but rather a Kemmisian community reliance on each other.
Posted by: Emmett O'Connell | Jun 24, 2005 10:56:49 AM
Ok, I have no idea what you guys are talking about with respect to Pace Pecante, but I do agree with what I take to be the central point of the article -- that Democrats can, should and must run against "big city ...accountants" whenever possible.
Not only in largely rural states; especially in states like CO, AZ, NV where the goal is to push our urban support out far enough to win a majority.
Its not as if anyone who was going to vote D in Denver, Phoenix or Las Vegas is going to get offended.
But it means a lot to folks outside the urban areas to know that the Democrats are with them, not against them.
Was that your point? OR do I need to watch more tv?
Posted by: desmoulins | Jun 24, 2005 8:35:00 PM
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(and yes, we know that sometimes they're very, very wrong. Other times, they're right on.)
